3 wins, a draw and 2 defeats were recorded by the Bulgarian national players on the fourth day of the European Individual Chess Championship for women, which is held on the Greek island of Rhodes. Beloslava Krasteva performed excellently, returning to the winning ways.
After yesterday she was defeated by the so far faultless ranking leader Ulvia Fataliyeva from Azerbaijan, today she defeated Tran Trang Hoang from Hungary with the white pieces. With the success, Krasteva now has 3 points and ranks 18th. With 3 points each are the contestants from the 14th to the 37th position, and they are arranged according to additional indicators.
Nadia Toncheva suffered a second loss in a row, losing to Poland’s Aleksandra Malcevskaya today. The captain of the Bulgarian team, Antoineta Stefanova, also conceded with the white pieces of Susana Gaboyan (Armenia). Victoria Radeva played with black and ended in a draw with Alesia-Mihaela Cholaku from Romania.
Petya Karaivanova was also successful with the black pieces, who prevailed over Hayale Isgenderova from Turkey. The third victory for the Bulgarian team was achieved by Gergana Peycheva, who also won with the white pieces over Angelika Valkova from Ukraine, and this is her first success. Peycheva has 1.5 points so far and ranks 144th.
Nadia Toncheva is in 75th place with 2 points, as are Victoria Radeva in 84th position and Petya Karaivanova in 106th. Antoineta Stefanova is in 126th place with a point and a half.
